I've thought of putting down some words about the many gifts from the creek: Wildcat Creek, which runs from the East Bay Hills, through Alvarado/Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, through tunnels in places, down to the Bay. Two of the places I feed, at the apartments, are on the banks of that creek.There is lots of activity up and down the creek; not just feline in nature. Kids walk the creek, folks sleep there as a last resort (The Mattress!) and, I believe, shop-lifters leave clothing there and put on the ones they've brought from the stores at the little mall across the street from the apartments, Falades Parades, if I've got it right. Recycling is pretty much unknown to the apartment residents (Villa Alvarado Gardens). Furniture is left on a regular basis...alas, more or less disposable furniture. Good stuff, as well.....I took home big carpet scraps from a project in one of the apartments once, and laid it over my getting-really dirty-and-the-spots-just-come-back carpet. That was nice! (for a time; just finishing having lino put in: hey! it looks just like wood! I love it..I can just SWEEP!)A lovely heavy fleece men's Ralph Lauren Polo jacket was found last year. I left it for a few days, thinking someone would surely come back for it...then it rained, and I brought it home and sold it on Ebay for $85.00! I've found lots of good clothes and taken them to the goodwill, a small bed-table, nice wood, and best of all: get this! JUST when I needed a new toilet seat...yes! in plastic!the right size! How 'bout that?? There's more, maybe later. It's Movie Nite with friend Elizabeth!

Interesting: the last post was about ringworm and how it's NO big deal...and just yesterday two kittens were returned after having seen a vet who told my adopter that it was a horrible risk to one and all, and that I should NEVER had adopted out kittens with any trace of it! The one, Darby, had no remains of ringworm; his had cleared nicely, and the other, Danielle, had just a bit...it does not transmit easily to humans...I've been touching it and sleeping with Danielle now for some time, and nothing...'course every organism is different. Sad that these little ones no longer have their own home; the woman brought them back, as the vet had also told her that the remains of a cold were also a big deal...these things are so easy to treat...but someone without experience would reasonably be worried by a vet who raised so many fears. On to better education. And vets...!! google Oxy-Doc!Major mea culpa...!! SOME-how, our two-year-old Tina slipped through the cracks and did not get spayed. I said, major, etc. Evidence of that oversight came last week in the form of three tiny kittens! that Tina introduced to us. Where had she been?? The lure of the dry food up the hill? We had been happy to see her back, as just a week or so before she brought the babies, she started eating here again, and being around more. Dang...I wish she'd been here during her pregnancy, eating the good food.....Interesting that it took her this long to get pregnant. Cats who do not eat food with growth hormones mature later than those eating food with the hormones. And the age varies with the individual cat as well. I wonder when she had her first heat? Or was this her first, at two years of age? And who's the Daddy?? Who around here is not neutered? I know of no one...but the males can travel, and Lamar down the hill must have some whom he's not neutered. I'm out of touch with him, but he may not have neutered all of his...

Not a great photo...Tina and babies on the chair outsideour door!

Lots of social activity this week: woo hoo! dear sweet friend in from North Carolina...Harvest Garden Party tonight...friend Nanette's birthday bash tomorrow...what a whirlwind! AND! Also tomorrow, a private screening of 'Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet" about my neighbor Jason. It's at a neighbor's house, so will be a nice get-together!

About Cynthia

The founder of Bee Holistic, Cynthia Burke, has been caring for cats most of her life, volunteering with such groups as the wonderful Animal Balance, and Fix Our Ferals. In 2011 Bee Holistic Cat Rescue and Care became a registered non-profit.